How Do They Do It? (UK)

  • Premiered: Jan 2008
  • Episodes: 70
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • Channel 5
  • Monday at 19
  • Documentary Reality

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Season 1
1x1
Excavators, Sewers, Tyres
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 10, 2008
Robert Llewellyn visits Volvo's factory in Korea to find out how excavators are built.
1x2
Salt Mines, Hovercrafts, Running Shoes
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Air date
Jan 17, 2008
The team visits a giant salt mine in Canada and gets to grips with a hovercraft.
1x3
Lightbulbs, Demolition, Cranes
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 24, 2008
A look at how light bulbs are made and how a tower is demolished safely with explosives.
1x4
Recycling Aeroplanes, Gin, Plasma TVs
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 31, 2008
How Cold War military hardware is recycled, and how plasma television screens are made.
1x5
Internet Cables, Shipping Containers, Zips
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 2008
The crew explores the use of fibre optics in telecommunication and the production of zips in China.
1x6
Fireworks, Quarrying Limestone, Railway Tracks
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 11, 2008
A look at how fireworks are made in the Chinese city of Liuyang.
1x7
Pencils, Driving Supertankers, Golf Balls
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 2008
Presenter Robert Llewellyn discovers how pencils are made, and the secrets of the modern golf ball.
1x8
Newspapers, The Thames Barrage, Glass
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 25, 2008
Robert Llewellyn examines the technology behind the Thames Barrier.
1x9
Bridge Pylons, Speedboats, Mobile Phones
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 03, 2008
Robert Llewellyn pilots a high-speed racing boat, and looks at a special catamaran.
1x10 Season finale
Quartz Timing Crystals, Glass Fibre Wool, Building Cargo Ships
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 10, 2008
Glass recycling, a look at the 2 million tons of waste glass that gets thrown out each year, and also checks how Cargo ships are made in South Korea.

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